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Prescriptions for weight loss, diabetes drugs for young people leaped 600% since 2020, study says
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe number of young people in the US who are prescribed GLP-1 agonist drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic for weight loss and diabetes soared 594.4% in just three years, according to new research.
Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in utero associated with higher odds of metabolic...
Medical Xpress· 19 hours agoEDCs are chemical substances that are so named because of their ability to interfere with the...
Prescriptions for Ozempic and Similar Drugs Up 600% in Teens and Young Adults
People Magazine· 18 hours agoThe number of young adults and adolescents being prescribed Ozempic and similar drugs has...
Prescriptions for weight loss, diabetes drugs for young people leaped 600% since 2020, study says –...
KION 46 Salinas· 12 hours agoDemand for these drugs has skyrocketed for people of all ages recently, but the study, which was...
Sparks fly over SNAP at partisan markup of House farm bill
The Hill via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoDemocrats and Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee sparred over food aid on Thursday at...
Stroke Rates Are Rising, Especially Among the Young
KLAX-TV· 17 hours agoThe rate at which Americans under the age of 65 suffered a stroke rose by about 15% between 2011 and 2022, new government data shows. It's not clear why...
‘Alarming’: Colorectal cancer cases up 500% in children, study finds
WFLA via Yahoo News· 3 days agoColorectal cancer cases are up 500% in children over the last two decades, according to a new study...
Use of Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs soars among kids and young adults
Associated Press· 2 days agoAt 17, Israel McKenzie was so burdened by obesity that he stopped going to high school in person and...
Amid ‘Ozempic babies’ questions, women account for more than 75% of young adults taking GLP-1 drugs,...
Market Watch· 2 days agoGiven that the prevalence of obesity in these age groups is roughly equal between males and females,...
Weight-loss drug coverage is cheaper than covering the costs of obesity
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoAfter reading the article about Illinois’ budget covering state employees for obesity medications, I waited for someone from the medical or dietary communities to weigh in ...